dkaji

Definition: catch a cold, have a cold

dkaji
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndakach;
>3sCCONJ dekjit; 1 catch a cold, have a cold. Gbaakwhan shkwaandem ji-bwaa-dkajyaanh. Wii-niimyaanh nii-go ndinendam pii niibwiyan.
>Close the door before I catch a cold! I wanna dance when you get married. PL1997.rn. Mii dash gii-bmi-dkajid.
>Then he caught a cold. AM1937.rs. Miinawaa niizhoonigaade dakajid awiya, gaye wii iw dakibagoons.
>It is one of the two ingredients that are mixed when someone has a cold; the other is wild mint. AW1941.rn. 2 catch the flu, have the flu.
>Full-vowel form: dakaji.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73005556024n
GKS Reference Number: 14329
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